You are 28 Years, 08 Months, 1 Days old from January 17, 2026. You were born on Friday and have been alive for 10474 days, your next Birthday will be after 03 Months, 29 Days or Your next birthday is in 118 days. You can see detailed informations about your birthdate below.
| Date Of Birth | May 16, 1997 (Friday) |
|---|---|
| Age From Date: | January 17, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Age: | 28 Years, 08 Months, 1 Days |
| Birth Day Of The Week: | Friday |
| Age In Months: | 344 Months 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Weeks: | 1496 Weeks 1 Day(s) |
| Age In Days: | 10474 Days |
| Age In Hours: | 251367 Hours (approx.) |
| Age In Minutes: | 15082020 Minutes (approx.) |
| Age In Seconds: | 904921215 Seconds (approx.) |
| Next Birthday | May 16, 2026 (Saturday) |
| Next Birthday After: | 03 Months, 29 Days |
| Is My Birth Year Leap Year? | Year 1997 is not a leap year. |
May 16, 1997 Birthday Facts | |
| Do you want to know your zodiac sign? | Your zodiac sign, if your date of birth is May 16, 1997, is Taurus.
Famous people with Taurus zodiac sign? |
| Century: | You were born in the 20th century |
| Birthday in Roman numerals | V.XVI.MCMXCVII
May 16, 1997 in roman numerals? |
| What is your age in roman numerals? | Years: XXVIII Months: VIII Days: I |
| Birth Date Season: | You were born in Spring |
| Chinese zodiac sign: | You were born in the Chinese year of the Fire Ox
When is the Chinese Year of the Ox? |
Find out how many days you have been alive, what day of the week you were born on, and how long you have lived in days weeks months and years since your birth date. Chronological Age measures how old you are defined as how many years you have lived since birth.
The information above is calculated using UTC timezone where the date and time is Saturday, January 17, 2026 15:00:15Here is a random list who born on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer |
| 1824 | Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (d. 1893) |
| 1905 | Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982) |
| 1913 | Gordon Chalk, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Queensland (d. 1991) |
| 1910 | Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1972) |
| 1929 | Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998) |
| 1801 | William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872) |
| 1888 | Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (d. 1971) |
| 1946 | John Law, English sociologist and academic |
| 1990 | Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1667 | Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607) |
| 1977 | Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915) |
| 2011 | Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917) |
| 1669 | Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596) |
| 1830 | Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768) |
| 1989 | Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939) |
| 1996 | Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939) |
| 2008 | Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913) |
| 1936 | Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860) |
| 1375 | Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (b. 1311) |
Here is a list of some events happened on May 16. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1842 | The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail from Elm Grove, Missouri, with 100 pioneers. |
| 1888 | Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. |
| 1568 | Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England. |
| 1426 | Gov. Thado of Mohnyin becomes king of Ava. |
| 1874 | A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people. |
| 1929 | In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place. |
| 1959 | The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time. |
| 1966 | The Chinese Communist Party issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution. |
| 2003 | In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks. |
| 1916 | The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria. |